Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1933, Page 18

" B2 SOCIETY,. SOCIETY Ambassador and Frau von Prittwitz Honor Guests at Festivities in Providence. Frau von Prittwitz und Olnfln}:ln ; doing social service work in Washington. were honor guests at a lunc =] - | Mr.and Mrs. Harry Norment have re- o I YT OV | called invitations for the dinner they A od Francis | had planned tonight in honor of Mrs. Rhode Lisnd, Mr. Theodore Francis |had plamned ¢ {n nonor of Mrs Green, and his sisier, Miss Eleanor B. | Peyion J. Van Rensselser of New York. Green, “Among the giests were Repro- | because of the liness of Mrs. Norment. sentative and Mrs. Richard 8, Aldrich, |, Mrs Van Rensselser, sccompanied by with whom they spent the week end. | her Bieces, Miss Helen Tunmel and Miss Yestcrday afternoon Miss Lucy .| Sherley Tunnel is en route to her resl Audrich, sister of Representative Aldrich, | dénce Cass Rorads del . gave a tea for the Ambassador and | . SN sor Srlitwiix tind Gativon, Mrs. Edwin B. Parker and her sister. R Mrs. J. H. cllyamck. who were at St is in New York. sailed today on the Reliance for the West Indies cruise. i | Mrs. Eugene Vidal is at the Waldorf- TH’E Ambassador of Germany and gree at Columbia University. He is now Secretary and Mrs. Adams Recall Dinner Invitations. The Secretary of the Navy md‘Mrhi | Charles Francis Adams, because of t| Official mourning, have recalled invita- | AStOFi8 for a short visit. tions for the dinner tomorrow evening | Mrs, Sterling Larrabee of Warrenton, | in honor of the Ambassador of Great| Va. is spending a few days at the Britain _and Lady Lindsay and the | Wardman Park Hotel. | dinner January 20 in honor of the Vice i President, Mr. Charles Curtis. | President James L. Robb of Tennes- | | see Wesleyan College is the guest for a | The Minister of Panama and Senora | few days of Dr. Everett M. Ellison on | de Alfaro, who were expected to at- | M street, who is a member of the Board tend the Washington Bachelors' cotil- | of Trustees of this institution. lion this evening at the Mayflower, have | canceled their social engagements owing | Mrs. Archibald H. Macfarlane, who | to the period of officlal mourning for | Spent sometime with her parents, Mr. | the late former President Coolidge. |and Mrs. Arthur H. Smith, at 1517 Maj. General George Owen Squier, | Spring place, will sail on the Conte | U. S. A, retired, is a member of the | di Sovola. January 14, for Smyrna,| Floor Committee that also includes | Turkey. Mrs. Macfarlane was before | Capt. Enrique A. Prieto, military at- | her marriage Miss Helen Carroil Smnl\.‘ ;,‘e‘;f:: ‘[’{ ;mufi::“u:‘uy:';‘n""g‘ 's.M.:?’ | The Rev. Meade Bolton MacBryde en- Col. M. Robert Guggenheim, Mr. Vic tor Kauffmann, Mr. Rudolph Max Kauffmann, Mr. Wilbur W. Hubbard, ? | tertained informally at tea vesterday in | | his home in compliment to Mrs. Prances | | Bagley Wallace of Detroit. Mrs. Mar- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1933. TTRACTIVE DECEMBER BRIDE Who was, before her marriage on Decem! living in Auburn, Ala. MRS. CHARLES ROOD WILLIAMS, of Maj. and Mrs. R. B. Lawrence of Bethesda. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are now officers of the State, Gov. H. G. }K\mv:‘ Secretary of State, William S. O'Brien; State superintendent of schools, Mr. W. W. Trent; State auditor, Mr. Edgar B. Sims; State treasurer, Mr. Richard E, Talbott; attorney general, Mr. Homer A. Holt; commissioner of agriculture, | Mr. J."B. McLaughlin, and John Kenna, judge of Supreme Court of Appeals. West Virginia native sons | who are expected to be present are John W. Davis, candidate for Presi- dent in 1924; Mr. Newton D. Baker, | | Secretary of War in Wilson's cabinet; former Gov. John J. Cornwell, Mr. Clarence E. Martin of Martinsburg, W. Va., president of the American Bar Association; Mr. Louis A. Johnson of Clarksburg, W. Va. president of the American_Legion; Judge John Barton Payne, chairman, American National Red Cross, and Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman, Public Utilities Com- | mission. The president of the society, Mr. E. H. Nunnally, has named the following committees to assist in managing the affair: Social Activities, Mr. John L Bateman, chairman of arrangements; ex-Gov. E. F. Morgan, chairman of | | the Reception Committee; Mrs. Iva | Hockenberry Toone, chairman of the | Entertainment Committee. All West | Virginians and their friends are in- vited to attend. Membership cards and | tickets may be obtained at the door. Miss Cornelia H. Hill will entertain | at the musical, art talk and luncheon of the Twentieth Century Club, to- | morrow in Barker Hall, at which Mrs. | Henry C. Taylor, chairman of the | Department of Fine Arts will speak. Mrs. Taylor will be presented by Mrs. | Poole, president of the General Fed- eration of Women's Clubs. Mr®. Hill's guests wiil be Miss Julia Jafiray, chairman of the Public Wel- fare Department; Mrs. Clarence Fraim Division of Industry of the General Federation of Womens Clubs; Mrs. | ber 19, Miss Virginia Lawrence, daughter ton, Miss Dorothy Crosby, Mr. Osborn Stabler, Mr. Henry R. Stabler and Mr. Richard Janney of Washington. celving his sister, Miller. Original place cards, descriptive of Miss Mary Moore |each guest, were arranged at small and “stunts” followed the supper. Mr. Miller had assisting him in re- | tables and a program of unique games | g Harvey Wiley, president of the D. C. | fellow Radio City, “Aida” at the Metro- | Federation; Mrs. Charles T. Watson, | politan Opera Housé, and the Austrian | Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt, Mrs. Boys® Choir. She is a granddaughter of | Burnita Shelton Matthews, and Mrs. . Mollie Sheehan Moran of Atlanta. | Andrew Stewart of the Department of | Public Welfare and the Division of | Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Phillips of Los Industry of the D. C. Federation of | Angeles, Calif., are at the Carlton for Women's Clubs. | several days, accompanied by Mr. and | s | “The Romance of the Caribbees” is Mrs. Dana Latham, also of Los ANGeles. . o oybiect of a talk by Mr. Howsrd M N. | nish the dance music, and a large com- | Mr. Robert V. Fleming, Lieut. H. B. XKunzig, U. §. A.; Lieut. Alexander Ma- | comb, U. 8. A.; Judge William Jennings Price, and Mr. Donald J. Halsted. | < Members of the Executive Commit- ftee who also are on the Floor Commit- | tee for the ball tonight are Mr. Hugh | 8. Cumming, jr.; Lieut. Fletcher Cole, | U. S. A.; Mr. Alexander Lee Craighill, | Mr. William D. Cheatham, Mr. H. | Prescott Gatley, jr.; Capt. Frank B. Geettge, U. 8. M. C.; Mr. Herbert C. Hengstler, Dr. Stanley K. Hornbeck, Mr. Robert F. Kelley, Lieut. Don E. Lowry, U. 8. A; Lieut. Col. Charles H. Pat- ferson, U. 8. A.; Mr. Waverly Taylor, | r. Archibald C. V. Wells, Lieut. Sidney | . Wooten. U. 8. A, and Lieut. Ray- mond Waller, U. 8. Senator-elect John H. Overton of Louisiana, Mrs. Overton and their daughter have come from their home in Alexandria, La., and. are established in Wardman Park Hotel. The Senate Ladies Luncheon Club Bas cancelled its meeting tomorrow, out ©of respect to the late former President Coolidge. : The malitary attaches of the various | embassies and legations held their ¥egular monthly luncheon at the Carl- fon today. The company numbered 13 and Brig. Gen. Francols Pillon of the French embassy was in charge of arrangements. © Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, widow of the late Speaker, will be honor guest of the Women's National Press Club at weekly luncheon tomorow at the Willard. Miss Mary Randolph, who went to Northampton for the funeral of the late President Coolidge, is remaining to | assist Mrs. Coolidge. Miss Randolph served as social secre- tary to Mrs. Coolidge when the late | W Mr. Coolidge was Vice President, and was social secretary at the White House durj the administration of President Coolidge, and for part of the present administration. Maj. and Mrs. Henry D. F. Munnik- huysen will entertain informaily at din- gfl;& (this evening at Wardman Park Capt. H. W. Ulmo, of Fort Randolph, glsfiamu. is at the Willard for a short Engagement of Miss Casey To Mr. Gates is Announced. Mr. and Mrs. James Finnie Casey “@nnounce the marriage of their daugh- ‘ter, Margaret Shippen, to Mr. Robert Pranklin Gates Saturday, January 7. Mr. Gates is the son of Mrs. Karl W. | Stani Miller of Washington and Mr. A. O. Gates of New Haven, Conn. Mr. and Mrs. James Slaten Davidson | announce the engagement of their daughter, Touise, to Mr. Prederick Syl- Yester Cross of Wilmington, Del. Miss | “Davidson is the granddaughter of the | late Dr. James H. Davidson of Bsthesda, Md,, and the great-great-granddaughter | ©f Abraham Bradley, who was the first | assistant postmaster general in the ad- | ministration of President Madison, and | who purchased and gave the name to what is now Chevy Chase. On her maternal side, Miss Davidson is the granddaughter of the late Mr. David Reese Archibald, a descendan® of David Reese, who was a signer of the Mech- lenburg declaration of independence. Mr. Cross attended the Massachu- | setts Institute of Technology | George Washington University and | graduated in law from the National University. He is a member of the | Kappa Sigma fraternity, the Congres- | sional Country Club, the Du Pont Coun- | try Club in Wilmington and the Con- | cord Country Club in Concordville, Pa. | The engagement of Miss Hazel Harsh fo Mr. Leslie Tennant of Washington “was announced at a reception given re- | cently by Mrs. Hoy Marsh, mother of the bride-elect, in her home in Elkins, | W. Va. The wedding will take place in_the early Spring. | Miss Harsh has taught English in | the Elkins High School for four years. | She is a graduate of Davis and Elkins College and _attended West Virginia University. She was a member of the Histrionic Club at Davis and Elkins. | Mr. Tennant, son of Mr. and Mrs. | David Tennant, formerly of Fairview, | W. Va, is a graduate of West Virginia | Wesleyan College and received his de- | A new joy comes to y A new buoyancy of step...blissful ease. the difference from the moment you first put them on. This versatility c colors and fabrics. fascinating si Other Models for Evening, in black and white i 585 to 12.50 Fitted with X-Ray nicety—remembering caring for feet is better than curing them fabrics. to complement tha Tirrell presided at the tea table. Mrs. Andrew P. Martin of Cleveland, | Qhio, has joined Mr. Martin at the Carlton, where they will remain for| several days. i Miss Janet Richards was hostess at | luncheon today following her talk on | current topics in the red room of the Willard this morning. The luncheon was served in the crystal room of the| hote! and the guests were asked to meet | Mrs. Stacy Smith of Short Hills, N. J., | house guest of Miss Richards. Thosei invited were Mme. May, Senora de Al- | faro, Mrs. Claude A.. Swanson, Mrs. ! William V. Pratt, Mrs. Percy Hamilton Stewart, Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett, Mrs. | Lindsay Moorehead end Mrs. Mark | Reid Yates. Mrs. Dorothy Lee Ward, who spent the | holidays at Palm Beach, has returned | to her apartment in the Shoreham. Mrs. Ward will sail Thursday for a six-month cruise around the world. Guests will be entertained Priday aft- ernoon by the Ambassador of Great Britain and Lady Lindsay, who have teken a box for the recital of poems by Mr. John Masefield, poet laureate of England, in the National Theater at 4:40 o'clock. Mrs. Frederic E. Farring- ton will be hostess in her box to Miss Mary Scudder, dean of Chevy Chase Seminary; Miss Bertha Noyes, Dr. Charles Moore and Dr. Richard Burton. Others who will be present are Mrs. Lesnder McCormick-Goodhart. Mrs. George Hewitt Myers. Mrs. William Lee Corbin, Miss Sibyl Baker, Mrs. Frank Ashbrook, Miss Pauline Osk, Mrs. W. A. Hayes, Mrs. M. C. Dodge, Mrs. E. C. , Miss Anna P. Copper and Miss Clara H, Burroughs. Mrs, Carroll to Address Art and Archeology League. The Art and Archeology League of has issued cards for a meeting in Gunston Hall at 1906 Florida avenue, Saturday evening, at 8:30 o'clock, when Mrs. Mitchell Car- roll, president of the league, will give an ‘illustrated lecture on “Rome and the Pontine Marshes.” An informal re- ception will follow the lecture. Miss Northa Porter, daughter of In- terstate Commerce Commissioner and Mrs. Claude R. Porter, will be hostess to the Washington Alumnae Chapter of Delta Gamma Sororiety in her home, at 2101 Connecticut avenue this evening. Assisting hostesses will be Mrs. George Clarke, Mrs. Clarence Elder and Miss Elizabeth Scully. All Delta Gammas in the city are cordially invited. Miss Mary E. Ferro gtve & surprise supper shower last night at the Iron Gate Inn for her niece, Miss Fanny M. sh, whose marriage to Senor Don Eduardo M. Sosa, former secretary to the President of Panama and now sec- retary for the Mixed Claims Commis- slon between Panama and the United States, will take place January 26. Her guests were Miss Betty Jean Talbolt, Mrs. Mary Ferro, Miss Rose Ferro, Miss Mary Patricla Stanish, Miss Gladys | McMillan, Miss Betty Jones, Miss Vir- ginia Thurston. Miss Gladys Bates, Miss Kay Wilhoite, Miss Frances Green, Mrs. Mary Howe, Miss Amelia Elliot, Miss Margaret Del Tufo, Miss Ruth Major, Mrs. Jane Meyer, Miss Julia Bland, Miss Betty Brown, Mrs, Carrie Perry, Miss Emma Perry, Miss Margaret | Lambert, Miss Helen Artois, Miss Mary Howard, Miss Bertha Rupertus, Miss Ruth Hughes, Mrs. Maude Hilton Mill- er, Mrs. Angela Bayliss, Miss Mary Weitzel, Miss Marle Sawaya and Miss Josephine Sawaya. Mrs. Guy Johnson, who has been visiting her son-in-law and daughter, Maj. and Mrs. Roland F. Walsh, in Philadelphia, has returned to her apart- | ment in Wardman Park Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney A. Mitchell of | Locust Valley, Long Island, N. Y., have | | taken a suite at the Carlton for a few days. Mr. Robert H. Miller entertained at & supper party in his home “the High- lands,” in Sandy Spring, Saturday eve- ning, having among his guests Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Howard Gilpin, Mr. and Mrs, Robert Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. Fran- cis Kirk, Mr. and Mrs. Austin La Mar, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Conner, Mr. and Mrs. Elgar Stabler, Mr. and Mrs. Fred- erick Stabler Gilpin of Washington and Mrs. Andrew Jackson Boyd with- Miss Lillian Brown of Chestertown, Md.; Miss Mary Reading Nichols, Miss Claire Hut- The MARCIA 10.50 ou_in Burt Party Slippers. You sense lver kid sandal has the the smartest evening ‘The price doesn't tell the whole truth about the quality of our Special DOLLAR. Burt’s . . . t ONE 1343 F Street Park at the Oapitsl Garsge at Our Expense T | Miss' Ethel Marie Frazier entertained at luncheon in the home of her parent Mr. and Mrs. William Edward Frazie 227 Eighth street southeast, Saturday. T | The table was decorated with pink Among the patrons who attended the roses and candles. After luncheon a | first lecture-recital of the International variety of games were played and prizes | Art Forum in the Washington Club Sat- | given. Among her guests were Miss |urday afternoon werc the Minister of Mary Margar:t Hanes, Miss Elizabeth | Venezuela and Senora de Arcaya, the Alleman, Miss Lois Rousseau, Miss Jean | Charge D'affaires of Italy and Marchesa Kaiser, Miss Mary Virginia Carlisle, | Diana, the Charge D’Affaires of Mex- Miss Claire Williamson, Miss Virginia |ico and Senora de Campos-Ortiz, the Stone and Mies Lois Stone. | charge d'Affaires of Chile, Senor Don : | Beniamino Cohen; the counselor of the Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richardson gave | Brazilian embassy, Mr. Paulo C. de Al- a surprise birthday anniversary party| meida: Mr. H. Gabriel da Silva, Repre- in honor of their niece, Mrs. Evelyn | sentative and Mrs. John E. Miiler, Col. Davis of Washington, in their home, on | Wade H. Cooper, Dr. and Mrs. James the Marlboro Boulevard, near Meadows, | Brown Scott, Mrs. Robert W. Imbrie. | Saturday night. The guests were Miss| Dr. Joaquim de Siqueria Coutinho | Mary Clements, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph | gave a talk on Brazilian music illus- F. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Moore, |trated by Mr. Robert Bond Gotta, Richmond, Va., who have been in New | York, ave at the Shoreham for a few | | days ‘on their way home. Wednesday evening following the Jan- uary dinner of the club's business and professional scction. Mr. MacDonald will fllustrate his talk with colored lan- tern slides of all the famous ports and islands of the Caribbean. Dr. Edith SeVille Coale will preside at the dinner. Among those making reservations are | the president, Mies Alice M. Heaven, Judge Mary O'Toole, Dr. A. Frarces Foye and Dean Grace Hays Riley, former presidents, Miss Jessie G. Lane, Mrs. Gladys B. Middlemiss, Miss Elva McNamara, Miss Margaret Patch, Mrs. John M. Waters, Mrs. A. B. Stewart. Mrs. B. L. Owens, Miss D. Gertrude Brooks, Miss Mae Stevenson, Miss Sara P. Johnson, Miss Anne Lamborn, Miss Eita H. Austin, Miss Flora C. Schuldt, Dr. O. Josephine Baird, Mrs. Lena Lane Ellis, Miss Carlie E. Marsh, Miss Mr. Wilson Davis, Mrs. Dixon, Mrs. Stella Smith, Miss Edith Hall, Miss Thelma Penn, Mr. L. Davis, Mr. Milton ‘Ward, Miss Frances Kerr, Mrs. Spencer XKerr, Mrs. Frances Richardson. Mr. Horace Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. William Bailies, Mrs. Mary Horton, Mrs. Mollie Tucker, all of Washington: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Loveless, Mr. Everette Buite, Mr. Allen Suite, of Forestville, Md.; Mr. and Mrs. Prank Cooke, jr.; Warren Richardson, Mr. Maurice hardson, Mr. Edward Coffren, Mr. Hampton Brady; Mr. Thomas Coffren, of Meadows, Md., and Mr. Arthur Moore of Upper Marlboro, Md. Miss Elizabeth Everett of Atlanta, Ga., popular senior at Trinity College, has returned from New York City, where she spent the holidays as the guest of her aunt, Mrs. C. W. Kress. She attended the premier.at the Rocke- 1216-1220 F STR Marked Down! 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Hogg, Representa- | Taliaferro, Mr. Beale Sasser, Dr. Robert tive Hu%h 1. Shott, Representative Joe | W. McCullough, Mr. J. Tarbell Howard | L. Smith, as well as the newly elected | anq Mr. George O'Hare, OTg! | Representative 'Robert L. Ramsay, — | Representative Jennings Randolph, ‘The Pennsylvania Society of Wash- | Representative George W. Johnson, ington- is planning a very gay dance, | Representative John Kee; newly elected to be held at the Willard, Thursday, | STOP! Look! Consider! A coat 'bought now is money saved, for next Winter! S EET Finer COATS most of mills, beautifully made and finely finished to the last detail. $4.9.50 569.50 $80.50 5110 FUR COATS CHER FITCH. lack coats with brown furs- VER to $145 Coats % FOX (white dyed), KO. 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Gulick, secretary-treasurer; | Mr, Robert S. Regar, Mr. J. Russell | Leech, Mrs. Harry K. Daugherty, Miss | Mary Ann Skinner, Mr. James Wlofen- den, Mr. George F. Brumm, Mr. J. Howard Swick, Mr. J. Roland Kinzer, | Mr. Harry L, Haines and Mr. Robert P. | Smith. Mrs. H. W. Phelps of New York City | is at the Carlton for a few days, ac- companied by Mrs. G. L. Cunningham, | also of New York. Mrs. E. E. Downham of Alexandria, Va., and Mrs. Edward Crane entertained { the Thirty-two Club at a luncheon to- | day, followed by bridge, at the Dodge Hotel. | Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Debnam and their | son have gone to New York and are | at the Waldorf-Astoria. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Lindberg of New | York City are at Wardman Park Hotel, | en route by motor from Asheville, N. C,, | to their home in New York. | Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Cerf have arrived in Washington from their home at Flushing, N. Y, and are stopping at | the Carlton. s | Mrs. R. D. Bristol of San Francisco, | Calif,, is at the Dodge. BODY SCARES CHILDREN { Hanging | From Playground Bars. | NEW YORK, January 9 {(#)—The | children who romped forth to play on | the swings and slides of Sunset Park in | Brooklyn yesterday ran home scream- | ing to their parents when they saw | what was there. John J. Gazzale, 24- | year-old law student, had hanged him- | Law Student Found | self from the horizontal bar during the | night. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gezzale, said he recently had suffered a nervous breakdown from overwork. LAFAYETTE HOTEL 16th & Eye Streets BANQUETS—DANCES BRIDGE LUNCHEONS BUSINESS MEN’S LUNCHEONS 50c and 75¢ Phone District SOCIETY. FORMER GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE DIES | Benton McMillin, Known as “Dem- ocratic War Horse” of State, Expires at 87. By the Associated Press. : NASHVILLE, Tenn, January 9.— Former Gov. Benton McMillin, known as the “Democratic warhorse of Ten- died at his home here last sing a career that included 20 | years' in Congress and service as Min- | ister to Peru and Guatemala during | the World War. He was 87-years old. | Death resulted from pneumonia. | The veteran rolitician, who started his public career in 1874 as a mem- ber of the Tennessce Legislature that | elected Andrew Johnson to the United | States Senate after the end of his presidential term, had been active in night, ¢! national affairs for more than half & century. Except for thir convention that nomi- nated President Wilson for a second term, at which time he was serving as Minister, McMiliin had attended every Democratic National Convention from 1876 through the one at Chicago last June. He was Democratic national committeeman from Tennessee. Last year he managed Franklin D. Roose- veit's pre-convention campaign in the State. o elect °"’f"" in 1878, McMillin _was from the old fourth district and served continuously until 1 when he became the Demoeratic nom! nee for Governor. He served two terms as Governor—from 1899 to 1903. Death came at 6:05 p. m., after a brief illness. When he retired Friday night he complained of a sore throat, but arose as usual Saturday morning. He took to his bed later in the day and his fllness was diagnosed as le pneumonia. He was unconscious about 24 hours béfore death. . The temperature of the surface of the sun is estimated at about 10,000 degrees F. UPHOLSTERIN unprecedented offer. 3-piece suite completely rebuilt and reupholstered in good grade frizette, tapestry or denim for. .. Your $42.50 Enormous stock of newest furniture fabrics to select from. 0dd Pieces in Proportion. 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